Belinda Bellville
Illustration — Bellville Sassoon coat, hand-painted by Richard Cawley, 1970-71 Belinda Bellville (29 March 1930 – 5 May 2024) was a British fashion designer, and the co-founder in 1953 (with David Sassoon) of Bellville Sassoon.
Also recorded as Belinda Whately
Belinda Bellville
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- 1930
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- United Kingdom
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- fashion designer
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Illustration — Bellville Sassoon coat, hand-painted by Richard Cawley, 1970-71 Belinda Bellville (29 March 1930 – 5 May 2024) was a British fashion designer, and the co-founder in 1953 (with David Sassoon) of Bellville Sassoon.
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Early life
She was born on 29 March 1930, the daughter of Anthony Seymour Bellville (1902–1970) and Audrey Dorothy C Kidston (1906–1997), who was the younger sister of the racing driver and aviator Glen Kidston (1899–1931). In 1940, her mother Audrey married Hon. Peter Pleydell-Bouverie, son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor.
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Personal life
In 1952, she married David Whately, a partner in a company that made mobiles and abstract sculptures for advertising, and was later a financier. He died in 2008. They had three daughters together. Their daughter Polly Whately married Thomas Coke, 8th Earl of Leicester. She died on 5 May 2024, aged 94.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. The register further records that belinda Bellville is recorded with the occupation fashion designer. The register further records that belinda Bellville is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom. Recorded with the gender female. Born on 29 March 1930. Institutional cataloguing adds that belinda Bellville died on 5 May 2024.
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- 1.Obituaries, Telegraph. Belinda Bellville, fashion designer who dressed British high society and the Royal family – obituary. The Telegraph. 2024-05-13. 0307-1235.
- 2.Coke, Hope. The modern stately home: Holkham Hall gets an eco-makeover with additional mansion. Tatler. 2020-08-24.
- 3.Horwell, Veronica. Belinda Bellville obituary. The Guardian. 2024-05-27. 0261-3077.
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